Emergency Care and High Dependency Nursing (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

Students
- are familiar with legislation related to emergency care and high dependency nursing and understand nurses’ responsibilities and obligations in relation to the patients of emergency care and high dependency nursing
- understand the significant aspects of emergency care and high dependency nursing and the importance of multiprofessional collaboration from the perspective of patient’s overall care
- are familiar with nurses’ key competence areas in nursing of emergency care and high dependency patients
- understand the importance of needs assessment of emergency care patients as part of patient safety
- can implement patient triage categories
- are able to use diagnostic methods for patients in emergency care
- understand the importance of emergency care and high dependency care as part of the acute care patient’s clinical pathway
- can provide information on medical, work-related and population-level exposure to radiation in general terms and interpret radiation risks
- can inform about the quality and extent of exposure to radiation in daily work tasks
- understand the general principles of radiation protection and can apply them to practice

Content

- legislation, significant aspects and nurses’ competence areas in emergency care
- emergency care in primary health care and specialized health care, joint emergency departments
- emergency care and high dependency units, staffing structure, multiprofessional collaboration
- needs assessment of emergency care patients
- triage categories
- laboratory tests, minor procedures (pleural puncture and pleural drain, lumbar puncture)
- nursing care of epidural/spinal anaesthesia patients
- monitoring and care of emergency surgery patients
- radiation safety
- basics of radiation physics and biology and their significance to the use of medical radiation
- effective legislation on the use of medical radiation
- major technical and physical factors affecting radiation safety and procedures related to them in medical situations involving exposure to radiation at work

Prerequisites

Medical Nursing Competence.
Surgical nursing Competence.

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture
Guided assignment
Laboration
Simulation
Independent e-learning
Exam

Location and time

N/A

Learning materials and recommended literature

Materials on radiation safety on separate Moodle

Säteilyturvallisuus / Kätilöt ja terveydenhoitajat
https://moodle.metropolia.fi/course/view.php?id=2982
Key: KäTe

Alternative completion methods of implementation

N/A

Internship and working life connections

N/A

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Exam
Retakes
Assignments return dates will be informed in orientation and lectures

International connections

-

Student workload

5op=135h
Päivystys- ja valvontahoitotyön osuus (2,5op = 67,5t):
Luennot: 4 x 4t = 16t
Laboraatio 1 x 4t (molemmille pienryhmille 4t)
Itsenäinen opiskelu/verkkokurssit 44t
Tentti 3t

Kir/peri (1,5op = 40,5h)
Kir/peri simulaatiot 2 x 2t = 4h
Simulaatioon valmistavat tehtävät 8h
Artikkelitehtävä 28,5h

Säteilyturvallisuus (1op = 27h)
Luennot 4 h
Itsenäinen opiskelu ja tehtävä 23 h

Content scheduling

the course takes place in weeks 2-10

Further information for students

-Students must confirm their attendance for a course implementation by being present when tuition begins or in another manner agreed with the lecturer; for example, by returning the first course assignment. Students who are unable to attend the first teaching session due to illness may also confirm their attendance by informing the lecturer of this in advance.

-The approved performance of the radiation safety component entitles the holder to work in an environment where ionizing radiation is used in connection with a medical procedure.

Assessment methods and criteria

Radiation safety is assessed via virtual assignments.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"